Shinhan Bank Vietnam Limited is no longer a major investor in VnDirect Limited Securities Company after a foreign investor sold some of its stake of the securities company.

Shares rose on the two national stock exchanges on Friday morning thanks to high liquidity.

US automaker Ford Vietnam gained a month-on-month growth of 76 per cent in sales, reaching 2,327 in September, mostly due to strong sales of the newly launched Ranger and Everest.

More than 150 domestic and foreign investors are participating in VinaCapital’s 2018 Investor Conference in HCM City on October 11 and 12.

Giant property developer Novaland Group has launched a new apartment project, The Grand Manhattan, in the heart of HCM City.

Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) expected to increase its holding in VietinBank from the current 17.7 per cent to 50 per cent of the bank’s charter capital, according to the group’s vice chairman Eiichi Yoshikawa.

Natcom - a joint venture of Viettel Group in Haiti - has paid a share dividend for 2017 of US$3 million. This is the first time Natcom has paid a dividend since the official launch of the company in September 2011.

Food Empire Việt Nam, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Food Empire Holding Ltd., has launched a campaign called “Café PHỐ - Stir up the Love for Việt Nam” to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Café PHỐ, one of the top five instant coffee brands in Việt Nam.

Nearly 52 million subscribers of military-run telecommunications firm Viettel had their phone numbers switched from 11 digits to 10 digits, Viettel announced on Sunday.